House of the Rising Sun Lyrics

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl,
And me, oh God I'm one

And If I had listened to what my mother said
I'd have been at home today,
But I was young and foolish, oh Lord
Let a gambler lead me astray

Go tell my baby sister,
Don't do what I have done
To shun that house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun

I'm goin' back to New Orleans
My race is almost run
I'm goin' back to spend my life
Beneath that Rising Sun